Tickets from Paris to Milan or Turin start at just €29 – for information or to buy tickets online see

A beginner’s guide to travel from Paris to Turin or Milan by high-speed TGV train, showing the train interior & exterior, the scenery and the food on board. Three daily French TGVs link Paris Gare de Lyon with Turin and Milan, from €29 one-way booked direct with French Railways.

The video shows the 14:41 from Paris arriving Turin 20:13, Milan Porta Garibaldi at 21:50, with an easy connection from London St Pancras by Eurostar.

The video was taken in June, and there was still snow on the highest peaks – the weather wasn’t great on this occasion, overcast with brooding clouds, the route looks far better in proper summer sun or winter snow!

Fans of BBC Top Gear may recognise a shot or two in this video – I supplied a few clips to the Beeb for their Wembley to Milan TGV-versus-Mustang ‘race’ first shown in February 2013.

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